Liberal Party of Bolivia

The Liberal Party was one of two main parties in Bolivia during the late nineteenth century, with the other being the Conservative Party of Bolivia. The party espoused freedom of religion, the separation of church and state, legal acceptance of civil marriages and divorce, and strict adherence to democratic procedures, and it took power through a coup d'etat in 1899. The party moved the capital and the Congress to La Paz, and it held power from 1899 to 1920, with the tin-mining oligarchy supporting the party. The liberals' last president, Jose Luis Tejada Sorzano, left office in 1936, and the party narrowly lost the 1947 presidential election. The party currently holds no political power, and it is assumed to be defunct.